"Your Majesty, you have done a good job. At this time, Consort Jing certainly needs better care. Let's go see her now!"

The Empress Dowager is extremely anxious and can't wait to see Jiang Jingyue.

When Mo Yuhan brought the Empress Dowager to his own palace, Jiang Jingyue was not asleep.

At this moment, she was still bargaining with Qiu Hua, her little face scrunched up in a frown.

"Master, if you don't drink it now, the medicine will get cold, and it will taste even worse when it's cold. Are you sure you don't want to drink it now?"

Looking at the bowl of dark, black medicine, Jiang Jingyue really couldn't bring herself to drink it.

"Qiuhua, I don't have anything to do right now, can you help me pour out the medicine? All medicines have some toxicity, and if I drink too much, it will be bad for the baby in my belly."

Jiang Jingyue would come up with any excuse to avoid taking her medicine.

Hearing what her mistress said, Qiu Hua was both amused and exasperated, unsure how to respond.

"Yueyue, are you not taking your medicine properly again? Are you planning to make me feed you myself again?!"

Upon hearing Mo Yuhan's voice, Jiang Jingyue instinctively picked up the medicine and swallowed it in one gulp.

Her face was all scrunched up after drinking, but she turned the bowl upside down to prove to Mo Yu that she had finished it all.

Mo Yuhan shook his head with amusement.

"Your Majesty, I always take my medicine seriously. How could I not take it properly?"

Qiu Hua felt that the Emperor was the only one who could help her mistress. She had already heated up the medicine once and tried to persuade her mistress for a long time, but her mistress just wouldn't drink it. She was quite helpless.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she heard the Emperor's voice, her mistress finished drinking the wine on her own without her having to say anything more.

Mo Yuhan smiled helplessly as he looked at Jiang Jingyue, who was trying her best to prove herself to him.

"Yueyue, your mother knows you are pregnant, so she wanted to come and see you."

Mo Yuhan's words puzzled Jiang Jingyue. Wasn't it supposed to be three months later? It's only been a little over two months now, why is he saying it already?

Although Jiang Jingyue didn't speak, Mo Yuhan understood what she meant.

"Yueyue, there's a reason for this. I'll explain it to you properly later. How are you feeling now?"

Jiang Jingyue frowned and looked at Mo Yuhan pitifully.

"It's bitter! Your Majesty, I really don't need to take medicine. I'm perfectly fine now. Besides, that medicine tastes so awful."

Even though that's what he said, Mo Yuhan still shook his head at Jiang Jingyue.

He could agree to anything Jiang Jingyue wanted, but not this.

The Empress Dowager also entered at this moment. As soon as Jiang Jingyue saw her, she stood up and prepared to pay her respects.

Before she could even perform the proper greeting, the Empress Dowager grabbed her hand and pulled her up.

"Consort Jing, you are pregnant now, so I grant you permission not to perform the proper etiquette. Don't put pressure on the baby in your womb."

"How are you feeling now? Is there anything that's bothering you? If there's anything you'd like to eat, you can tell the Emperor, and he'll prepare it for you."

This was the first time the Empress Dowager had spoken to Jiang Jingyue so gently. Jiang Jingyue touched her belly and couldn't help but sigh.

Children have more face; once you have children, you can really say anything.

"Your Majesty, I understand. Thank you."

The Empress Dowager was immediately displeased with Jiang Jingyue's words. She stepped forward, grabbed Jiang Jingyue's hand, and said softly...

"You're still calling me Empress Dowager? From today onwards, you will call me Mother Empress. After you give birth to your child, the Emperor will make you Empress."

The Empress Dowager kept staring longingly at Jiang Jingyue's belly. Jiang Jingyue couldn't stand the look in her eyes and couldn't help but ask.

"Mother, would you like to touch it?"

The Empress Dowager had been waiting for this very question, and when she heard Jiang Jingyue ask it, she immediately nodded eagerly.

He carefully reached out and touched Jiang Jingyue's stomach, feeling a sense of wonder.

"Consort Jing, your belly seems to have grown a bit. I remember when I was pregnant with my first child, my belly didn't grow this big so quickly. Your belly looks like it belongs to a little prince."

The Empress Dowager was overjoyed. She hoped that Jiang Jingyue's first child would be a prince, so that she could rest assured.

When the Empress Dowager said this, Jiang Jingyue did not agree with her, but turned to look at Mo Yuhan.

Although he didn't say anything, Mo Yuhan immediately understood what Jiang Jingyue meant.

He turned to him, his expression somewhat unpleasant, and spoke in a suggestive manner.

"Mother, I love the child regardless of whether he is a prince or not."

When Mo Yuhan said this, the Empress Dowager smiled somewhat timidly.

"Of course I would like that too, but if the first child could be a prince, it would be different. Then the ministers in the court would definitely not say anything."

Mo Yuhan knew what the Empress Dowager was worried about, but the matter of whether to give birth to a prince or a princess was not something they could decide.

The Empress Dowager stayed in Qianyue Palace for quite a while before leaving. During that time, she pulled Jiang Jingyue aside and gave her a lot of advice. Finally, she scolded Mo Yuhan a few times before leaving with peace of mind.

As the Empress Dowager left, Jiang Jingyue couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, mainly because the Empress Dowager really talked too much.

She had been feeling drowsy while listening to the Empress Dowager speak, but she was too embarrassed to fall asleep, so she had to endure it. Now that the Empress Dowager had left, she was wide awake.

"Yueyue, I plan to tell the ministers the good news that you are pregnant tomorrow. What do you think?"

Jiang Jingyue had no objections. Anyway, it was going to be said sooner or later, this time it was just said a little earlier.

"Your Majesty can make the decision yourself; I have no objections."

The next morning, during the morning court session, Mo Yuhan told the ministers about Jiang Jingyue's pregnancy. Regardless of how strong the ministers' reactions were, he turned and left as soon as he finished speaking.

Some of the lower-ranking officials reacted strongly, even kneeling and kowtowing repeatedly, thanking the heavens for their mercy in allowing their Great Xing Dynasty to possess a pure royal bloodline.

The most intense reactions came from Prince Cheng and Prime Minister Jiang, who stood frozen in place for a long time upon hearing the news.

However, each of them had different thoughts. King Cheng thought that since the emperor already had his own children, he would never make him the crown prince under any circumstances.

He has been meticulously planning this for so long, and no matter what happens now, he will not give up.